BASIC STYLE GUIDE
Style Guide: APA Style, 6thedition (but some components are modified)
Font: Times New Roman
Font Size: 12pt
Margins: Left – 1.5 in (3.81cm)
Right, Top and Bottom – 1 in (2.54cm)
Page number: Upper right corner
Pagination: Small roman numerals for sections before first chapter (i, ii, iii…)
Hindu-Arabic numerals from first chapter to the last page (1, 2…)
Invisible page numbers – Title page and first page of each chapter
Thesis Title: Bold, all caps, center aligned, inverted pyramid
Chapter Number: Normal, all caps, center aligned, Hindu-Arabic numerals
Chapter Title: Bold, all caps, center aligned
Section Heading: Bold, title caps (capitalize first letter of each word except for linking verbs and prepositions), left aligned
Level 2 Heading: Indented, bold, lowercase heading with a period.
Level 3 Heading: Indented, bold, italicized, lowercase heading with a period
Level 4 Heading: Indented, italicized, lowercase heading with a period.
Body of text: Indented, left aligned
Table title: Left aligned, single space, on top of table
Figure title: Center aligned, italicized, below the figure
